Actually, someone is to blame for the €125m in insurance claims written off by hospitals: consultants
- The news that public hospitals wrote off €125 million in unpaid debts from private health insurance companies over the last four years speaks to pretty much everything that is wrong with the health service.
- For a bit of context, €125 million would get 25,000 hip replacements, or pay the wages of about 2,000 nurses.
- It would only get you 5 per cent of a national children’s hospital.
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- The news that public hospitals wrote off €125 million in unpaid debts from private health insurance companies over the last four years speaks to pretty much everything that is wrong with the health service.
- For a bit of context, €125 million would get 25,000 hip replacements, or pay the wages of about 2,000 nurses.
- It would only get you 5 per cent of a national children’s hospital.
Sources: Irishtimes